UK Screenshots for Pre BR Blue. High resolution warning.
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PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
Thanks SRKing, there is a demo from Swanage to Herston on the DLS, yes, but the full version shouldn't be too far off release now.
The main area to work on now is the texturing - unfortunately, I cannot find any hi-res grass textures so it looks a little 'cartoony' in some areas in my opinion.
Cheers,
PLP
The main area to work on now is the texturing - unfortunately, I cannot find any hi-res grass textures so it looks a little 'cartoony' in some areas in my opinion.
Cheers,
PLP
SwedishMagnum
New member
If I may, can I suggest looking at the PBR grass textures uploaded by JohnnyC1? There are lots of assets to look at and you might find something of interest there.
A small sample of some I currently have installed, used with the smallest possible texture setting:
https://i.imgur.com/mjJjKVe.jpg
The only real downside is that at great distances the textures become very light/bright in texture, looking like its a different texture altogether. Here's a picture I took on your Swanage Demo route to illustrate.
https://i.imgur.com/3fC88qk.jpg
I am unsure if that is something to do with my particular settings or not, so you might have a different experience.
PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
Great shots all, though the screenshots forum seems to have gone quiet as of late!
@SwedishMagnum thanks for those, I had a look but they were bright on my end too so not quite what I was after. Someone has come forward with some textures that I am in the process of utilising on Swanage so it is now looking better than ever!
Meanwhile, in a glimpse to the future, 34010 Sidmouth is seen on a Swanage to Norden service between Harmans Cross and Norden:
Cheers,
PLP
@SwedishMagnum thanks for those, I had a look but they were bright on my end too so not quite what I was after. Someone has come forward with some textures that I am in the process of utilising on Swanage so it is now looking better than ever!
Meanwhile, in a glimpse to the future, 34010 Sidmouth is seen on a Swanage to Norden service between Harmans Cross and Norden:
Cheers,
PLP
PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
Having returned to Swanage and run round its train, Sidmouth is photographed from the top of the bay platform starter:
Cheers,
PLP
Cheers,
PLP
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Excellent screenshots from Swanage PLP, - always good to see them. In between being Mega-Sleep Girl I've been taking a holiday on the Angels branch in the Sierras and testing my steam controls driving skills against the Angels branch's severe gradients. I've been posting snaps in the USA steam screenshots thread and Ken (evilcrow) can be found over there as well. I will make a return to the pre-grouping era eventually once I've completely got my footplate fix.
Well, it's incredibly shiny! Whether this conforms to the prototype (even when they were being fully maintained unlike in the last days of steam on BR) I don't know. How do you do weathering with PBR textures?
Paul
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea. Haven't had TRS22 for long, and with my new laptop just about ready to arrive, then I'll be able to experiment with PBR textures... but I dunno. (Sorry if I've hijacked the thread.)
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
No you're not hi-jacking the thread, - sometimes we discuss things here too. I have a feeling that you can't apply weathering to PBR assets unless you have the original asset files, but I could be wrong.
neville_hill
Well-known member
I have to agree that this is far too shiny. It would be very useful to know if there is some way that we ignoramuses can add a bit of dirt or weathering to PBR textured assets.
No need to have the original files at all. You do it exactly the same way you would apply weathering to a non-pbr asset. In fact you probably have even more control over the final appearance as you can edit the green and alpha channels of the parameters image to increase the roughness/reduce the metalness on the areas you added dirt to on the main texture image. The only extra tool you might need is something to split the parameter image channels into separate images so you can edit them individually and then re-composite them back into a single image (Gimp can do this, I expect other options exist too).
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Thank you very much for explaining that Ed. Speaking for myself PBR just seems like an utter mystery and something that I'm afraid to touch.
PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
BR standard class 4 4-6-0 76017 departs Harmans Cross with the demonstration goods bound for Swanage:
And I've fixed the interior of the Queen Mary brake so that we're not standing 5ft above the rest of the train:
Cheers,
PLP
And I've fixed the interior of the Queen Mary brake so that we're not standing 5ft above the rest of the train:
Cheers,
PLP
neville_hill
Well-known member
Thanks for the insight ed, that's very interesting.
Yes, thank you Ed.
Stepping away from PBR Duchess shots, and going back to the SnC... this time it's 9F No. 92249 taking a day Class C freight service while rain starts. In the first shot, we also see the locomotive leaving Skipton yards, passing by a Class 24 with a commuter service.
A close up on the 9F...
This one I quite like...
There you go. Taking a bit of a break from the PBR Duchess shots... even though I still like it, even though the BR liveries should be a lot dirtier (and the BR maroon livery doesn't even have the right crest *grumble*).
Stepping away from PBR Duchess shots, and going back to the SnC... this time it's 9F No. 92249 taking a day Class C freight service while rain starts. In the first shot, we also see the locomotive leaving Skipton yards, passing by a Class 24 with a commuter service.
A close up on the 9F...
This one I quite like...
There you go. Taking a bit of a break from the PBR Duchess shots... even though I still like it, even though the BR liveries should be a lot dirtier (and the BR maroon livery doesn't even have the right crest *grumble*).
borderreiver
Well-known member
1955 - A G5 0-4-4T and a Thompson 52ft4in rake
A quick shot of a G5 0-4-4T hauling a three-car rake of Thompson 52ft4in ordinary bogie carriages towards Shildon in NE England.
I have started on the long overdue project of having Paul Mace update the 2014 builds of Thompson's ordinary stock for me. Autopipes and couplings, the updated Gresley bogie models and various bodywork tweaks.
A quick shot of a G5 0-4-4T hauling a three-car rake of Thompson 52ft4in ordinary bogie carriages towards Shildon in NE England.
I have started on the long overdue project of having Paul Mace update the 2014 builds of Thompson's ordinary stock for me. Autopipes and couplings, the updated Gresley bogie models and various bodywork tweaks.
PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
Hi Ricky25,
I have a feeling that may be a signal but I no longer seem to have it installed. Is it from Chillingbourne?
Some shots of the Swanage Railway, near Harmans Cross:
Cheers,
PLP
I have a feeling that may be a signal but I no longer seem to have it installed. Is it from Chillingbourne?
Some shots of the Swanage Railway, near Harmans Cross:
Cheers,
PLP